First things first: If you can't find Malta on a map and don't know what a hypogeum is, don't fret. Malta's a nation made up of three islands in the southern Mediterranean, and a hypogeum is an ...

When construction workers in Malta broke through a layer of limestone in 1902, they expected to find little more than space for a new housing development. Instead, they stumbled upon one of the most ...

A group of schoolchildren is believed to have gone missing in the underground chambers of the Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum a couple of decades after it was discovered in Paola. Given up for dead, the ...

Canadian Ian Emblin was one of about 10 disappointed tourists who were turned away from the Hypogeum on Tuesday and told that the three tickets he had bought online were not valid. “We were turned ...

The burial place known as the “Hypogeum of Hal Saflieni”, was so named after the street under which it was discovered in the early years of the last century. Hypogeum is the Latin name for an ...

Elongated skulls discovered in 1926 by Temi Zammit at the Ħal Saflieni hypogeum have long been the source of multiple conspiracy theories. Described by Zammit as being “of the long variety ...

However, recent research on the Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum has led historians and archaeologists to reconsider the building skills of prehistoric builders. Contrary to the popular perception of it as a ...

The area in front of the Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum entrance in Paola has been inaugurated as a pedestrian zone, upon completion of a project which saw the paving of the street, the implementation of other ...

The Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum in Paola is described by Heritage Malta as an “outstanding underground burial complex that bears testimony to a civilisation that has disappeared”. The prehistoric site was ...

Step back in time with our expert guide to Malta’s fascinating heritage sites and experiences (VisitMalta) From the ancient megalithic temples, which predate the pyramids of Egypt and Stonehenge in ...